29 SEPTEMBER 1973, Page 5

From Prol'essor Bowie

Sir: As I was abroad on an Hellenic! Travel Cruise, I was unable to correct the proofs of my ' Brief Life ' of Sir John Betjeman after Aubrey (September 1). I would therefore be grateful if you could print this following correction. Paragraph 2, line 2. ' goe for got ': paragraph 3, line 6, usshtus 'For ' esshrrs and paragraph 3. line I. and paragraph 5, line 1, soar Suil would hate to saddle Aubrey with bad Latin.

John Bowie 24 Woodstock Close, Oxford